District Sales Manager- D5 Shreveport, LA

About the role

The District Sales Manager (DSM) is directly responsible for coordinating, organizing, and communicating with his/her designated stores. The District Sales Manager ensures the total store operations' efficiency and is responsible for the company's policies and procedures at the store level.

Responsibilities

• Consults management on policies, procedures, and store operations (including personnel, MIS, Security, etc.)
• Responsible for recruiting, training, and evaluating future management personnel
• Monitoring in-store merchandising and product presentation
• Keeps the company informed on competition and new ideas within the industry
• Responds to customer complaints
• Protects the company’s assets and financial information by ensuring the accuracy and effectiveness of internal control procedures and informing management and/or appropriate officials of potential fraud risk
• Attends DSM meetings quarterly to attain information and to communicate and execute it at the store level
• Maintains a weekly store visitation schedule to ensure proper follow-ups and communication to the stores
• Communicates to the Store Support Center any problems affecting their department
• Directly supervises all employees in the respective region. Manages 10-15 Store Managers

Qualifications

• 5 or more years of experience in retail management
• Demonstrated management and leadership skills
• Prior success achieving sales, expense management, and other financial and operational goals and objectives
• Demonstrated ability to drive results, execute company direction and manage multiple, competing priorities
• Proven ability to build team’s merchandising capabilities to maintain and improve the customer shopping experience based on Hibbett I City Gear standards
• Proficient in maintaining profit and loss responsibilities for significant retail operations with strong analytical skills, financial aptitude, and attention to detail
• Proven ability to build effective teams and motivate employees through communication and strategic thinking
• Proven ability to execute merchandising and other business strategies to drive growth and sales
• Thorough understanding of the retail industry and competitor’s offerings and sales process/programs
• Collaborative leadership style and diverse partnership abilities